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EZRA ALE, os GLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA,

Letters Patent No. 80,893, dated Augustll, 1868.v v

IMPROVED SEGRETARY.

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To IiL'L WHOM 1T MAY eoNennN:

Be it known that I,EZRA ALE, of Cleareld, in the county of Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania., have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Secretaries; and I do lhereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the ar'tto make andv use the same, reference being ha'd to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved secretary.

Figure 2 represents a sectional elevation of Athe same, on the line x-x of fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. 4 Y

My invention relates to-improvements'in sccretaries,'the object of which is tov'economizefspace, and provide a more convenient article of the kind than any now inu'se.V i

It consists in providing, within a case, a series of small cases of drawers or pigeon-holes, suspended from rods, which are connected at both ends to endless belts, which are arranged upon pulleys at the top and bottom oi' the large case, the pulleys being actuated by a crank onthe shaft of `the lowei` set, which projects through the wall of the same, whereby the said interior cases may be moved away from o r up to an opening provided in the outer case, as will be more fully described on reference to the accompanying drawings.

A represents the case of a secretary, provided with a door, B, which may be arranged to swing open and rest on brackets, so as to be maintained in the position Ashown in tig. 2, constituting a convenient table for Within the case A arearrang'ed two horizontal shafts, C and D, provided with pulleys, E F, on leach end, over which belts, G, are arranged to work, to which arc suspended, at suitable distances apart, rods @running from one belt to another. From these rods are suspended, by hooks vor links, suitably formed to swing on the said rods, cases or shelvesf'I-I, for containing books, papers, or anything which it is desired to tile away therein. The said cases are made shorter than the spaces between the pulleys, in a horizontalV direction, and by reason of being connected to the rodsa by a swinging connection, they swing between the pulleys F at the top when the belts are going over thesar'ne, and always provide the same side up.

The belts may be made of metal, inseetions, and the pulleys made with plane faces to correspond with the said links, or they may be made round, and leatner, India-rubber, orany other kind of belting may-be used.

y IThe shaft G projects through the side of the secretary, andrisprovidcd with a crank for'turning it.

A secretary constructed after this plan is very economical in space and 'convenient for use, asithe contents of any part of it may be con veniently brought to handyinstead of climbing up or going around it to get at theY contents on ixed shelves. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with a secretary or book-ease, of the movable shelves or cases Pf, belts G, and pulleys E and F, substantially as and for the purpose described'. m l i -'EZRA ALE.

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Y Lumina It. MERRELL,

HENnr W, PARK. 

